Doings of the People in Kalona and Nearby
Kalona Sept 16 1912. Mr and Mrs Godlove and son and Florence Freswick of Riverside spent last Saturday with M D Brown. Ed Wellman visited Iowa City. Dr Sleichter of Oxford visited his family over Sunday. Joe Pieper and wife went to Iowa City Monday. Bert Northup and family visited John Northup’s home Sunday. J F Durst and wife visited Mrs McKimmey in Washington Sunday. Mrs Lawrence Shillig and son Ismael visited Rivers Junction over Sunday. Mrs D O Foster of Haskins visites her sister Mrs J B Wellman this week. Mrs Johnson and daughter from North Dakota visited the Hesselschwerdt home this week. Joe Eimon bought a new Moline car. Lizzie Pendergrass left for Gettysburg SD to live with cousin Mrs S A Rogers. John Garber and family returned home near Hedrick after visiting Anna Snider family.
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Kalona
Godlove
Florence Freswick
Riverside
M. D. Brown
Ed Wellman
Iowa City
A. Sleichter
Oxford
Joe Pieper
Bert Northup
John Northup
J. F. Durst
Rural Route One Notes and Visits Summary
Joe Marek returned home from New York Saturday evening. Mrs. O Carlson and children Fred and Ruth visited E Larson's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F Kallaus visited F Hovel's Sunday. Carrie Marek visited May Carlson Thursday afternoon. Arnot Wylie left for Monmouth Illinois to attend college. Tom McGuire visiting relatives in Oklahoma. Mrs Victor Frisk and children visited Moline Saturday.
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Joe Marek
New York
O. Carlson
Fred
Ruth
E. Larson
F. Kallaus
F. Hovel
Carrie Marek
May Carlson
Arnot Wylie
Monmouth
Ill
Tom McGuire
Okla
Victor Frisk
Moline
Crawfordsville Local Notices and Visits List
Crawfordsville items note Mrs John Lee and children returning from Tennessee and a dinner party for David Gordon's 84th birthday. Visitors include the Hustons and McClearys. Miss Mina McCleary to Muskingum college. many relatives visit and travel between Crawfordsville and Washington. A birthday party and photo, plus illness reports and local exchanges, mark September 1912 records.
Pleasant Hill and Keota Social Roundup 1912
Keota notes detail visits and family events across Pleasant Hill and Keota Iowa. A 74th birthday celebration for Abe Beenblossom. church and social gatherings. travel from Washington Des Moines and Omens. A town improvement burlesque carnival is planned to fund park lighting.
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the Town Improvement Society
Keota
Community News From Cedar District Encounters Washington Visit Details
Cedar School District figures Henry Doig John Libe M Kendrick Earle and Frank Libe hauled coal from Washington last Thursday and Friday. Murray Conger Ed Myall and family visited Washington Saturday. Mary White returned to school in Washington Monday after a visit with Mrs. Lester Ory.
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Henry Doig
John Libe
M. Kendrick
Earle
Frank Libe
Washington
Murray Conger
Ed Myall
Mary White
Frank McKay
John Griffith
Titus
Frank Mayhew
Havre
Adam Libe
Home Dressmaking as a Frugal New Fashion
A humorous look at home dressmaking as a thrifty, nervous activity for women. It highlights a wire form, blue gingham, a tape measure, and the social chaos of fittings as a husband endures flowery praise. Attendees are urged to come for both nights and see more than expected.
Bandits Rob Memphis Fast Mail Train In Alabama Heist
Four bandits robbed the Memphis fast mail train at Stephens Gap Alabama binding four mail clerks and taking all registered mail. Post office officials estimate the value at about 300000 dollars as an armed posse searches the area.
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Stephens Gap
Mexicans Kill Police in Phoenix Brawl Over Independence Day
Phoenix authorities report the city police chief and two other American officers were killed by Mexicans during a fight tied to Mexico’s Independence Day celebration. A company of Mexican citizens and local residents are pursuing the attackers.
City to take over street railways after riot
Duluth Minnesota September 17 the city legal department is ordered to start steps to seize the street railways as municipal property. The development follows rioting in which two people were injured in the disrupted transit dispute.
Canada’s Federal System and Nation Building
The American Review of Reviews discusses how Canada’s life and activity reflect nation-building. It highlights the formation of a national constitutional and judicial system as central to the country's development.
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Canada
American Review of Reviews
Bones as Weather Omen On Italian Steamer Cargo
An Italian steamer carrying bones from Buenos Ayres to New York reportedly used the bones as weather omens. The captain said the bones creaked and moaned during storms and fell silent in fair weather while at sea.
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Buenos Ayres
New York
Des Moines Weather Bulletin Weekly Report
Des Moines Iowa reports a warm first two days and cool latter days with near frost temperatures in northern counties. Heavy rains occurred Saturday night in the southeast, corn ripened quickly with half likely safe from frost, seed harvests underway, and showers aided fall plowing and seeding as threshing slowed. George M Chappell.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George M. Chappell
Social banter over stage gossip at a box party
A dialogue between Mrs. Swellington Adora and Mrs. Wellington centers on egotism and a comparison of attention seeking between their stage dialogue and a prior box party conversation during a social gathering.
Trombone Practice Replaces Fatal Gunshot in Court Reply
A Yonkers tale recounts a judge questioning a witness about a man’s death. The witness confirms a natural death, then explains that a gunshot occurred while the man was allegedly practicing on a trombone.
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Yonkers
Chicago Markets Summary for Sept 17 1912 and 1942
Market reports show receipts and prices for hogs, cattle and sheep across years 1912 and 1942. Estimates and trends indicate slower demand, lower futures and steady to weak prices with varying ranges for each class.
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Chicago
Bil
Wight
Fragmentary numeric OCR snippet from unknown financial context
A set of scattered numbers and symbols appears, lacking clear entities or a readable event. The fragment includes percentages, prices, and times without identifiable subjects or context.
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Crawfordsville
John Lee
Tennessee
T. W. Rickey
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Will Huston
Marion Huston
Wyman
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Ed McFarland
C. A. Sprague
A. Davidson
Burlington
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Mina McCleary
New Concord
Ohio
Muskingum College
Gideon Harkness
Muscatine
Sherry
Myrtle Griffith
J. M. Hamilton
Illinois
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Winfield
John McCleary
M. C. Delong
Irene
J. G. Maxwell
T. M. Holmes
R. G. Kelsey
Hazel
Ainsworth
Jas. Kelsey
Rose Asklin
Bedford
Marion Neal
Silas Sewell
A. M. Cowden
Margaret
H. Manners
Mrs
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Henry Crooks
W. D. Fishburn
Rose Askren
Leon Glynn
John Holmes
Ella Delong
P. L. Huber
Roy Stewart
Eli Speidel
Ed Wenger
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Pete Boshart
John Boshart
Bina Eicher
Lizzie
Will Stafford
Will Boshart
Sherm Crone
Charles
Chris Leichty
W. Shadd’s
Katie Roth
Dr. Allen
John Roth
John Witting
Dave Payne
Lizzie Eicher
Donnells
Wenger
Pleasant Hill
Mabel Kephart
Ivy Witting
Wayland
Ray Hartman
Mazie
Fern Palmer
Abe Beenblossom
Mr. Beenblossom
Ed Beenblossom
Myrtle
Will Easter
Perry Kephart
Willie Miller
Roy Foss
Mary Sickles
George Gilette
N. Dak
Frank Kephart
Seymour Martin
West Chester
Lloyd Fry
Wapello
Stroup
Kansas
Elias King
W. H. West
M. E. Glover
Lytle
C.L. Shanafelt
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Adla Richards
J. W. Harding
John Ramsey
Cedar Rapids
George Direliss
Ottumwa
Ernest
J. F. Clarke
Hollis
A. A. Abbey
James Chesney
Everett Hulse
Ames
State College
FE. G. Wilson
Jean Stephen
Sanitarium
Jesse L. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Ladies’ Aid Society
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Methodist Church
A. A. Hulse
Epworth League
Harry Helscher
N. P. Allender
Jerome Wilcox
Cedar School District
Lester Ory
John Graham
Waterloo
Roy Dawson
Will Sutherland
Russell Kendrick
Ed Harmon
Montana
Robert Gault
Irma
Sylva Butsier
Miss Lewis
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Luse Land & Development Co. Ltd
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Minnesota
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Memphis, Tenn
Evening Journal
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